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Will inhaling steam at a temperature of over 100°C disintegrate the coronavirus?

No. lberto Escherio, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in the US, affirmed that it is “very unlikely” that steam inhalation could treat the coronavirus. He added that "the virus in infected individuals is within cells and [can] not be reached by steam". 

Related: No, breathing steam from boiling orange or lemon peels doesn’t cure or prevent coronavirus

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